Re: [silk] Good puns

2021-06-18 Thread Madhu Menon
On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 13:50, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > Perhaps a kick in the shins will help with the groaning Madhu. :-P > Please...I've known Naren for more than a decade and this is not the first time he's tortured us like this. If he didn't live far away in Mumbai, he would have no

Re: [silk] Good puns

2021-06-18 Thread Madhu Menon
> > > > And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the > first in his tribe to cart Asian geometry to polar coordinates. > This thread is making baby Jesus cry, Naren. And making me groan constantly, which is usually the effect of puns anyway.

Re: [silk] Good puns

2021-06-14 Thread Madhu Menon
There is no such thing as a good pun.

Re: [silk] Hello!

2021-06-14 Thread Madhu Menon
On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 13:51, Mohit wrote: > It's puns sir. Hardly something that warrants that much paranoia > Indeed. One can only hope the government shuts that group down. :P

Re: [silk] 2020 vision

2021-01-24 Thread Madhu Menon
Thanks, José. I too have a keyboard I bought when I signed up for classes years ago. I was sick for some time in between and couldn't complete the course with the rest of the batch. Always wanted to get back to learning how to play so I could record songs at home. Madhu

Re: [silk] 2020 vision

2021-01-24 Thread Madhu Menon
On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 22:50, José María Mateos wrote: > > ... which brings me to the second part: I got a keyboard and I'm now > learning to play piano. Enjoying it a lot so far. > What resources are you using to learn?

Re: [silk] An anniversary

2020-12-20 Thread Madhu Menon
If memory serves me right, it was the year 2000, and I was pissed at a now-defunct book-selling website named FirstAndSecond.com for delaying the hell out of my order. In anger, I started searching for what other people were writing about the site, and Google had indexed a thread from silk where

Re: [silk] What are the things you splurge on that are worth the money?

2020-12-06 Thread Madhu Menon
All the things on Udhay's list, except vodka because I don't see the point. Add: * Great food experiences * Camera and lighting gear because of profession * Certain kitchen tools That's about it. I lead a relatively simple life. On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 10:14, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Like it

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2020-09-11 Thread Madhu Menon
Hiya! Lots of lurkers here. :)

Re: [silk] Spammer attack

2020-08-27 Thread Madhu Menon
Mailman is firmly stuck in the 20th century, unfortunately. Pity you can't throw a CAPTCHA or something else at it. > >

Re: [silk] ANNOUNCING INK CONFERENCE 2018 I 30 Nov-2 Dec 2018, Hyderabad

2018-09-06 Thread Madhu Menon
was just a sarcastic way to express displeasure over promotional spam blasted to a mailing list not meant for it. Madhu -- Madhu Menon Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] ANNOUNCING INK CONFERENCE 2018 I 30 Nov-2 Dec 2018, Hyderabad

2018-09-06 Thread Madhu Menon
=a62e=pJ=D=2Xg=C=P; >2. http://mailing.inktalks.com/click.html?x=a62e=OB=D=2Xg=C=Q; >3. http://mailing.inktalks.com/click.html?x=a62e=OP=D=2Xg=C=s; >4. > http://mailing.inktalks.com/unsubscribe.html?x=a62e=pJ=2Xg=C=t=unsubscribe >5. > http://mailing.inktalks.com/change_details.html?x=a62e=pJ=2Xg=C=t=change_details -- Madhu Menon Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

2018-08-19 Thread Madhu Menon
e doesn't need to do that anymore. But I do remember all phone numbers in my "starred" contacts because you never know when you might not have your phone around in emergencies. OK, that's 9 numbers. Tangential: I've quipped that you're over a relationship when you've forgotten her number.

[silk] Anonymous web hosting

2018-04-15 Thread Madhu Menon
Greetings, folks. Are there any web hosting providers you recommend who protect customer privacy strongly and could be used for hosting content of a politically sensitive nature? Asking for a friend, of course. ;) Thanks, Madhu -- Madhu Menon Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Bangalore: Time to meet up

2018-01-21 Thread Madhu Menon
On 21 January 2018 at 17:53, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > Weak Yes. Ditto.

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

2018-01-15 Thread Madhu Menon
I did a short podcast with White Swan a while ago if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3AQ_cGzsyc

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

2018-01-15 Thread Madhu Menon
> > Is there anyone else here whose family member has some mental illness, or > who himself / herself is dealing with the challenge of having some mental > illness? Would you like to share how you deal with it and what you have > learnt so far from being in that experience? A combination of

Re: [silk] What's your primary computing device?

2017-09-12 Thread Madhu Menon
> For me, it is still an assembled desktop computer running Windows. > Notwithstanding the existence in the house of 3 laptops, sundry tablets, > and many, MANY phones. Ditto. I like having a large screen to look at. I keep upgrading it every 2-3 years. Laptop when I'm travelling, of course.

Re: [silk] Kids and porn

2017-09-06 Thread Madhu Menon
On 5 September 2017 at 07:11, Heather Madrone wrote: > I'm sex-positive, but, by and large, porn-negative, *because women in porn > almost never look like they're enjoying it*. If porn celebrated female > ecstasy rather than female humiliation and degradation, I'd be bang

Re: [silk] Searching in google is a result of prior synapse - true or false ?

2017-08-10 Thread Madhu Menon
We're doing exam questions on Silk now?

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 29 - bangalore

2017-06-19 Thread Madhu Menon
I'm in 90%

Re: [silk] Gaurav Vaz - Introduction

2017-01-21 Thread Madhu Menon
On 21 Jan 2017 1:48 p.m., "Gaurav Vaz" wrote: I work as a web consultant with my start-up, The Random Lines, and am also a very small scale angel investor who loves working with small businesses and start-ups in various capacities. Angel investor too? Do tell. :)

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

2016-11-07 Thread Madhu Menon
On 8 November 2016 at 00:46, Madhu Menon <m...@madhumenon.com> wrote: > On 8 November 2016 at 00:36, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Could one of you who is on both the lists check the original email from >> Udhay and see if the Message ID in the full head

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

2016-11-07 Thread Madhu Menon
On 8 November 2016 at 00:36, Thaths wrote: > Could one of you who is on both the lists check the original email from > Udhay and see if the Message ID in the full headers between the emails sent > to the two lists is the same or different? Checked. Same Message ID. Damn you,

Re: [silk] Delhi meetup?

2016-11-07 Thread Madhu Menon
On 7 November 2016 at 22:34, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > I don’t think that is added by Gmail. Here is what my subject says "Re: > [silk] Delhi meetup?”. Those list prefixes are added by Mailman before it reaches GMail. The combining of threads with similar subjects

Re: [silk] Hello (intro)

2016-08-03 Thread Madhu Menon
On 3 August 2016 at 13:49, Venkatesh H R wrote: > smattering of Tamil and Hindi. Was anchor at CNN-IBN for 9 years. Numbed by > TV news, I decided to leave, but > it took me 3-4 years to actually leave. I think I'm now doing justice as a > journalist with my startup

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 77, Issue 6

2016-04-18 Thread Madhu Menon
*groan* Puns. This is my least favourite silk thread of all time. And the subject line is just the cherry on top.

Re: [silk] Danese in Bangalore...time for a Meetup?

2016-03-04 Thread Madhu Menon
On 4 March 2016 at 18:44, Danese Cooper wrote: > How can I be the first one here??? Welcome to Bangalore. Very few people arrive at the scheduled time. It's something that irritates the heck out of me. Pity I'm missing this as I'm out of town.

Re: [silk] Puns in other languages

2015-09-24 Thread Madhu Menon
On 24 September 2015 at 12:50, Biju Chacko wrote: > > It's pretty cheesy, I know, but I'm going to milk it for whatever I can get. There are no such things as good puns.

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

2015-09-12 Thread Madhu Menon
On 12 September 2015 at 10:41, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > BTW, James Bond has been writing to me directly. Did anyone else get emails > from 007? Yes. And he's pissing me off. Just told him to kiss my ass.

Re: [silk] James Bonilla - Introduction

2015-09-09 Thread Madhu Menon
How did I get dragged into this? This thread appears to be something for which I need to have done some mind-altering drugs to parse. It's as if James has started with an assumption that we'll think he's dumber because of his race. Not the best of introductions. On 10 September 2015 at 05:26,

Re: [silk] Food spoilage question

2015-05-18 Thread Madhu Menon
On 18 May 2015 at 20:01, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So I discovered some sambhar that's been sitting in the fridge for at least a month. It's been in a closed container and not been taken out of the fridge. I am not sure the container is airtight. It doesn't smell rotten. No.

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

2015-02-14 Thread Madhu Menon
On 12 Feb 2015 07:09, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Who did I miss? +1.

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

2015-02-14 Thread Madhu Menon
On 12 Feb 2015 07:17, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: ​The balcony tables aren't too bad. And the beer's good. :)​ You won't get a balcony table for 15 people, mate. :-)

Re: [silk] ADMIN: The rules of silklist

2014-10-05 Thread Madhu Menon
On 6 October 2014 08:50, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: 0. Assume goodwill. 1. No ad hominem. 2. No spam. You'd think Be civil at all times would be obvious, but sometimes it would appear not. :) -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Twitter: http://twitter.com

Re: [silk] USA West Coast restaurant recommendations

2014-09-25 Thread Madhu Menon
of miles for Indian food when it's in my backyard, so to speak. Canada visit shall happen one day when I get a visa. :) Madhu -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

[silk] USA West Coast restaurant recommendations

2014-09-24 Thread Madhu Menon
. :) (About 3 weeks or so will be spent in NYC, but I'm set there.) Regards, Madhu -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Restaurant Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] E.T go home :)

2014-08-27 Thread Madhu Menon
On 27 August 2014 15:34, Rajesh Mehar rajeshme...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone else interested in food conversations? Madhu, I assume you're in... Of course. Soo Ra Sang and soju there are a regular thing with me. :) -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Restaurant Consulting

Re: [silk] Introductions

2014-01-25 Thread Madhu Menon
On 26 January 2014 10:31, Shenoy N sheno...@gmail.com wrote: I'm happy and honored to be part of this list (thanks Udhay!) and while I'm acutely aware that I'm probably, Welcome. I think we've met in Bombay once. -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Restaurant

Re: [silk] [intro] Hello people of silklist!

2013-09-04 Thread Madhu Menon
We might have met. Hi!

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-28 Thread Madhu Menon
On 24 May 2013 21:42, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Education cess on wine? We are back to the wine-tasting bullshit! Probably the first time a thread has drifted back... Education cess applies on all government levies. -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com

Re: [silk] Silkmeet Bangalore?

2013-01-01 Thread Madhu Menon
Sadly, I am attending a 4-day music course from 10-13. -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Restaurant Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Fifteen

2012-12-15 Thread Madhu Menon
Not sure I will be there. Something else might be happening, but will let Udhay know. Until then, don't count me in please. -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Restaurant Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Fifteen

2012-12-06 Thread Madhu Menon
On 5 December 2012 18:02, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Udupa Udhay Nikhil Mehra Badri (?) Vinit B Deepak S Venkat M +1 -- Madhu Menon Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com Restaurant Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Interesting.

2011-08-10 Thread Madhu Menon
. :P -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Interesting.

2011-08-10 Thread Madhu Menon
. I checked the mail headers and found that his Yahoo India mail server IP was in the RBL blacklist. Much hilarity ensued. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Interesting.

2011-08-10 Thread Madhu Menon
On 10-08-2011 20:14, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Care to share that bounce? Offlist will do Sent off-list. But here, check this out: http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?121.101.151.224 That's a Yahoo IP address. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http

Re: [silk] Good Marketing

2011-08-05 Thread Madhu Menon
On 05-08-2011 20:21, Deepa Mohan wrote: Hewlett-Packard announced Friday the release of the first-ever non-computer Er, this is from The Onion. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] google search on firefox

2011-08-04 Thread Madhu Menon
, set preferences, turn it back on. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Subramanian Swamy

2011-08-03 Thread Madhu Menon
On 02-08-2011 17:07, ss wrote: I had once written an article about just how Islam has been misused in Pakistan. The article is still online. Will not bother posting the link here. Yes, but you completely evaded the question of what you thought of the article. ;) -- Madhu Menon http

Re: [silk] Is this true?

2011-07-16 Thread Madhu Menon
to clear up space. (Remember that when GMail first launched, they didn't even let you delete messages, reasoning that with a 1 GB limit, you no longer needed to.) M -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Is this true?

2011-07-15 Thread Madhu Menon
Rule of thumb for Internet forwards: assume 99% of it is untrue. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - FRI July 15

2011-07-14 Thread Madhu Menon
On 14-07-2011 11:08, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Please note we are meeting on FRIDAY evening. So, see all of you tomorrow at 7pm, at Thulp. How many people is the final count at? -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-13 Thread Madhu Menon
and then buried it in chilli and oregano flakes. I was mortified, but surely you can understand why. For what it's worth, I'm the only one in my immediate family who cooks well. :) -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 20, Issue 14

2011-07-13 Thread Madhu Menon
On 13-07-2011 12:43, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Please note we are meeting on FRIDAY evening. Perhaps one of us geniuses should have changed the subject line in the thread. :D -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-12 Thread Madhu Menon
On 12-07-2011 11:42, Sruthi Krishnan wrote: I propose Thursday (14 July) evening meetup in Thulp.(http://thulp.in/). Alas, not free Thursday evening. It's karaoke night for me. :) Any other day is fine. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-12 Thread Madhu Menon
On 12-07-2011 11:55, Sruthi Krishnan wrote: Friday night for the meet? I'll be there, but I like the Thulp idea better. :) ps: Where's the karaoke night? Herbs and Spice, Indiranagar http://bangalore.burrp.com/listing/herbs-spice_indiranagar_bangalore_restaurants/110234099 -- Madhu Menon

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-12 Thread Madhu Menon
://foodtravelbangalore.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/pizzeria-romano-koramangala/ M -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-12 Thread Madhu Menon
, at the cost of Madhu turning up his nose. :) This, however, does not. Ewww! -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-12 Thread Madhu Menon
On 13-07-2011 00:24, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: I don't see how anyone is going to move once they settle anywhere. We either stick with Legends of Rock, or go direct to Thulp sans beer. I concur. Let's go to Thulp. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

2011-07-12 Thread Madhu Menon
On 12-07-2011 23:01, Udhay Shankar N wrote: This, however, does not. Ewww! One must admit to a temptation to quote your sibling here. :P Refresh my memory please? -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

[silk] MySpace gets sold for $35 million

2011-06-29 Thread Madhu Menon
Story here: http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/29/myspace-goes-to-specific-media-for-35m-ceo-is-out-press-release/ How the mighty have fallen! Just $35 million? -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2011-06-25 Thread Madhu Menon
On 26-06-2011 00:40, Anand Manikutty wrote: I made on my list a completely blank post : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/465 Your list has only *you* as a member. I am not sure what the point is. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality

Re: [silk] (no subject)

2011-06-22 Thread Madhu Menon
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Re: [silk] (no subject)

2011-06-20 Thread Madhu Menon
On 20-06-2011 11:26, Anand Manikutty wrote: I took a few days to think over it, and I have to agree with you. Truer words were never spoken. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Influence of silklisters in India

2011-06-12 Thread Madhu Menon
On 12-06-2011 05:48, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: The jackasses who bray the loudest get to become the lions of twitter .. Hey, I resemble that remark! -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Sidin Vadukut - Introduction

2011-05-18 Thread Madhu Menon
On 18-05-2011 11:14, anilkumar.naga...@gmail.com wrote: Salil: Obviously, you do not follow Madhu Menon on Twitter; or not checked it since morning ;-) Holy crap, a thread about Sidin has morphed into one about my knives, and we have Deepa's jokes to blame for this? This is true Mallu-Mallu

Re: [silk] ADMIN: What is top posting, and why should you avoid it?

2011-05-18 Thread Madhu Menon
On 18-05-2011 14:52, Priyanka Sachar wrote: hahahaha .. pwned :p OK, NOW can we stop top-posting please? -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Is sugar toxic?

2011-04-19 Thread Madhu Menon
On 19-04-2011 10:48, Heather Madrone wrote: One of Lustig's points was that, if you're going to eat sugar, you should eat it with fiber so it enters the bloodstream more slowly. A piece of fruit is ideal, sugary drinks are the worst. Isn't this stuff we already know? -- Madhu Menon http

Re: [silk] A crisis of confidence

2011-03-30 Thread Madhu Menon
If it's not too much trouble, could you folks please mail silk list instead of mailing the original poster and CC'ing the list? It's messing up my mail filters. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Savita

2011-03-27 Thread Madhu Menon
Very sorry to hear about this. She was a wonderful person. Madhu -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] Japan

2011-03-17 Thread Madhu Menon
On 17-03-2011 06:50, Udhay Shankar N wrote: This is such a superb demonstration of Muphry's Law [1] that it*must* have been done on purpose. You, sir, obviously have a deep and subtle sense of irony. Thank you. ;) -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http

Re: [silk] Anybody coming back from abroad

2011-02-23 Thread Madhu Menon
On 24-02-2011 06:45, Udhay Shankar N wrote: [1] http://www.20north.com/pages/view/about_us The shipping costs will kill you on that site. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

2011-01-20 Thread Madhu Menon
My bucket list? World domination! Riches, fame, and everyone living in fear of my knives! Muhahahaahahaa! -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

2011-01-20 Thread Madhu Menon
On 20-01-2011 13:37, Ashwin Kumar wrote: You better start preparing for the next Masterchef India then :) Haven't seen the Indian version, but am a fan of the UK series. How does the Akshay Kumar thing compare to the original? Madhu Menon hasa very nice piece on MCI

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

2011-01-20 Thread Madhu Menon
On 20-01-2011 18:26, Deepa Mohan wrote: Muhahahaahahaa! That's your heads-in-the-bucket Madame Defarge list, Madman! Here, something to use as your mobile phone ring tone till I get there: http://madhumenon.posterous.com/madman-evil-laugh -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-29 Thread Madhu Menon
On 16-12-2010 09:55, savita rao wrote: +1. I'd like one, please. Ditto. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Lurkers, hidden audiences, and public archives

2010-12-29 Thread Madhu Menon
could join silk. Only now has Udhay started screening join requests. In an open list like that, having the archives publically accessible is just a hop away from posting on the list anyway. Madhu -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Lurkers, hidden audiences, and public archives

2010-12-29 Thread Madhu Menon
, and then joining the list out of curiosity. This was in 2001. :) M -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Antimatter

2010-11-26 Thread Madhu Menon
On 26-11-2010 21:54, Deepa Mohan wrote: How do we deal with our discoveries? When does science start thinking about spirituality? etc etc etc. That isn't the purpose of science. Also see: God of the gaps. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Triskaidekaphilia

2010-11-24 Thread Madhu Menon
On 24-11-2010 18:34, Gautam John wrote: Any thoughts on stuff we could do? Too early to take over the world? Not shadowy enough for that. ;) I propose Udhay buys us all drinks. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] What's the strangest thing you've eaten?

2010-11-23 Thread Madhu Menon
On 24-11-2010 11:37, Charles Haynes wrote: I've had fugu a couple times. It's not that dangerous, and it's not that expensive. How's the taste? -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Can some kind soul traveling in from someplace with better electronic goods available

2010-10-19 Thread Madhu Menon
On 19-10-2010 12:28, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: 20north is just way too expensive. I've found Borderlinx more affordable since they only charge for the shipping and customs. Seems to be only for Citibank customers? -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] You're a liar! Draw!

2010-10-08 Thread Madhu Menon
On 08-10-2010 18:26, Udhay Shankar N wrote: What an awesomely cool idea. Also, like many great hacks, an extremely simple idea at its core. I can't draw to save my life, whether telling the truth or otherwise. So I don't put much faith in this method. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com

Re: [silk] Silk Meet?

2010-05-03 Thread Madhu Menon
On 03-05-2010 18:18, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Works for me. What about the others? I may not be able to make it either on Saturday. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb

Re: [silk] Silk Meet?

2010-04-30 Thread Madhu Menon
On 30-04-2010 11:00, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: At 2010-04-30 09:56:10 +0530, c...@shiokfood.com wrote: I'm in, but I don't have a restaurant to host the meet any more, sadly. :D What happened to it? I shut it down. http://www.shiokfood.com/closing.html -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com

Re: [silk] How does one unregister from Hinduism?

2010-04-18 Thread Madhu Menon
On 18-04-2010 10:47, ss wrote: But if you live in India and you have no religion to pin yourself down upon, you are Hindu by default. Just another person with no fixed belief. Er, yes, this is the problem. Some of us don't want to be Hindu by default. -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com

Re: [silk] Danese is the new Wikimedia CTO

2010-02-17 Thread Madhu Menon
On 16-02-2010 21:09, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Not sure why this hasn't shown up on silk yet, but...congrats, Danese! Can you talk about it in public now? ;-) Congrats Danese! :) -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road

Re: [silk] Query about Indian Single Malt

2010-02-15 Thread Madhu Menon
On 15-02-2010 14:22, Shivakumar Narayanan wrote: 41/1, 72nd Cross, Rajajinagar, 6th Block Bangalore 560010, Karnataka, www.amrutdistilleries.com http://www.amrutdistilleries.com That web site... it ain't workin'. -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge

Re: [silk] Bangalore meetup on Thursday/Fridauy?

2009-12-03 Thread Madhu Menon
Devdas Bhagat wrote: Udhay said he was more comfortable with dinner, so Shiok tomorrow night. 7 pm. I think I can make it. ;) -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp

Re: [silk] TED....

2009-11-17 Thread Madhu Menon
Sumant Srivathsan wrote: Is this even possible? He's like the Dan Brown of Indian blogging. Here you go: http://www.kiruba.com/2009/06/cleartrip-episode-my-experience.html -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road

Re: [silk] TED....

2009-11-08 Thread Madhu Menon
ss wrote: Do the speakers get paid? Paid well - that is. From what Amit tells me, TED speakers don't get paid anything. -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp

Re: [silk] Gender on Silk

2009-10-04 Thread Madhu Menon
breasts. It's available on YouTube in 4 parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enVc7BhYCnQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzgTGwLVarA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eil-VQSxYXY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoMSC3396Hw One of the funniest things I've seen ever. -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far

Re: [silk] Kiran Karthikeyan has invited you to Dropbox

2009-09-17 Thread Madhu Menon
him on the head with. :) Madhu -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp://mosslounge.com Join the Moss group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39295417270

Re: [silk] Kiran Karthikeyan has invited you to Dropbox

2009-09-16 Thread Madhu Menon
Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: Well I imported them (by giving them my password, which I do often on sites I *think* I can trust). You hire for tech positions? And you give your password away to sites like that? -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96

Re: [silk] Kiran Karthikeyan has invited you to Dropbox

2009-09-16 Thread Madhu Menon
population has the same problem. My point in the earlier mail (probably obvious) was that giving away my mail password to a site I don't know is something I expect my tech-illiterate aunt to do, but not somebody who I expect is well aware of security issues. -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far

Re: [silk] Kiran Karthikeyan has invited you to Dropbox

2009-09-16 Thread Madhu Menon
... it has access to information on all the backend setups of the sites you visit... magically? -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp://mosslounge.com Join the Moss group: http

Re: [silk] Function [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]

2009-09-14 Thread Madhu Menon
Deepak Misra wrote: You mean there are restaurants in Bangalore that dont serve this ? I have yet to see any. Seriously, WTF? M -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp

Re: [silk] Function [was Chennai Silk Meet on the 29th?]

2009-09-14 Thread Madhu Menon
thought my sig would give it away.) Madhu -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp://mosslounge.com Join the Moss group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39295417270

Re: [silk] Chennai silkmeet possible on october 1?

2009-08-17 Thread Madhu Menon
Try asking the very people who would attend this event to donate 5000 a head and you'll see why something like this is required. 5000 bucks a head is going to make this the most expensive silk meet ever, eh? -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96

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